Figols-Castigaleu sequence D1, facies 6, sample 77 (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.5° N, 6.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late Ypresian: chrons C23r through C22n and NP zones 12 and 13

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

• shown on figure as facies M3, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Shelfal lobes (sandstones), prodelta, inner shelf (mudstones)": shownh on supplemental figure as mostly estuary, delta, and shoreface

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: S. Dominici and T. Kowalke. 2007. Depositional dynamics and the record of ecosystem stability: early Eocene faunal gradients in the Pyrenean foreland, Spain. Palaios 22(3):268-284 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75394: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Cupuladriidae
Cupuladria sp.
Cupuladria sp. Canu and Basler 1919
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp.
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet.
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet., Cerithidea (Cerithidea) vidali
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) vidali horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) vidali
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peraubensis
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet.
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp.
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
listed as individual anthozoa